Improvement in commodes



S. WHITNUM. Commode.

N0.198,865. Patented 1m11.187s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SAMUEL WHITNUM, OF GREEN POINT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMMIODES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,865, dated January1, 1378; application filed f December 6, 1877.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL WHITNUM, of Green Point, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Commodes; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and `exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to the usual or ordinary chamber-buckets; and itconsists in so constructing the saine that in lcases of necessity atnight it can beused as a commode, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichthe figure is a central vertical section of my invention.

A represents an ordinary chamber-bucket, provided with the bail B andcover O. The upper edge of the bucket A, as usually constructed,terminates in a wire bound in the metal. I turn the metal outward allaround the bucket, and then downward, so as to form a comparativelybroad rim, D, convex upon its upper surface. The cover C, to correspondwith this alteration in the form of the bucket,

is provided with a flange, E, to lit closelywithin the bucket, and alsowith a concavoconvex rim, G, to fit over the rim D.

This construction does not materially alter the appearance of theordinary chamber-buck two witnesses.

SAMUEL WHITNUM. Witnesses: 4

C. R. HENRY, CHARLES SMITH.

